JInput

Joomla! Input Base Class

This is an abstracted input class used to manage retrieving data from the application environment.

package

Joomla.Platform

subpackage

Application

since

11.1

Methods

__call

Magic method to get filtered input data.

__call(mixed $name, string $arguments) : boolean
since

11.1

Arguments

$name

mixedName of the value to get.

$arguments

stringDefault value to return if variable does not exist.

Response

booleanThe filtered boolean input value.

__construct

Constructor.

__construct(array $source = null, array $options = array()) 
since

11.1

Arguments

$source

arraySource data (Optional, default is $_REQUEST)

$options

arrayArray of configuration parameters (Optional)

__get

Magic method to get an input object

__get(mixed $name) : \JInput
since

11.1

Arguments

$name

mixedName of the input object to retrieve.

Response

\JInputThe request input object

def

Define a value. The value will only be set if there's no value for the name or if it is null.

def(string $name, mixed $value) : void
since

12.1

Arguments

$name

stringName of the value to define.

$value

mixedValue to assign to the input.

get

Gets a value from the input data.

get(string $name, mixed $default = null, string $filter = 'cmd') : mixed
since

11.1

Arguments

$name

stringName of the value to get.

$default

mixedDefault value to return if variable does not exist.

$filter

stringFilter to apply to the value.

Response

mixedThe filtered input value.

getAlnum

getAlnum(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getArray

Gets an array of values from the request.

getArray(array $vars, mixed $datasource = null) : mixed
since

11.1

Arguments

$vars

arrayAssociative array of keys and filter types to apply.

$datasource

mixedArray to retrieve data from, or null

Response

mixedThe filtered input data.

getBase64

getBase64(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getBool

getBool(mixed $name, mixed $default) : boolean

Get a boolean.

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

boolean

getCmd

getCmd(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getFloat

getFloat(mixed $name, mixed $default) : float

Get a floating-point number.

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

float

getHtml

getHtml(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getInt

getInt(mixed $name, mixed $default) : integer

Get a signed integer.

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

integer

getMethod

Gets the request method.

getMethod() : string
since

11.1

Response

stringThe request method.

getPath

getPath(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getString

getString(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getUint

getUint(mixed $name, mixed $default) : integer

Get an unsigned integer.

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

integer

getUsername

getUsername(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

getWord

getWord(mixed $name, mixed $default) : string

Arguments

$name

mixed

$default

mixed

Response

string

set

Sets a value

set(string $name, mixed $value) : void
since

11.1

Arguments

$name

stringName of the value to set.

$value

mixedValue to assign to the input.

Properties

options

Options array for the JInput instance.

since

11.1

Type(s)

array

filter

Filter object to use.

since

11.1

Type(s)

\JFilterInput

data

Input data.

since

11.1

Type(s)

array

inputs

Input objects

since

11.1

Type(s)

array